Former WCU coach latest to try to resurrect lackluster Braves

10:09 PM,
Jan. 12, 2014

Former Western Carolina University football coach Kent Briggs is the new coach at Cherokee.

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Facilities at Cherokee have been second to none in Western North Carolina football since the Braves began playing inside a $10 million stadium in 2009.

But the product on the field has suffered. The Braves have a 15-42 record the past five seasons under three coaches.

The Smoky Mountain Conference school announced last week that former Western Carolina University coach Kent Briggs is going to be the latest to try and turn around a program which won back-to-back SMC championships as recently as 2006 and 2007. ...